The UK will be baked with temperatures of 35C to continue next week.

The current heatwave is not expected to break any daily record highs, but on Thursday the Met Office announced that there will be eight days in 2026 where the temperature will reach or exceed 34C.

There were two in May’s heat wave, four in June and two so far, a record for the chronology better than 1976 and 2020. A further 34C plus is expected on Friday.

Season June heat, the temperature reached 37.7C Breaking June’s previous record of 35.6c at Lingwood, Norfolk.

Wales also recorded its hottest June day in Cardiff at 35.9C, while Northern Ireland set the June record at 30.8C in Castlederg, County Tyrone.

Scotland narrowly missed out on beating the June record set in 1893 at 32.2C. The highest temperature in June was 31.2C in Threave, Dumfries and Galloway.

The hottest July temperature so far was 35.5C in Wesley, Surrey on Thursday.

Although temperatures will drop slightly through the weekend, many areas will still reach official heat wave limits over the next week.

People may be comparing it to 1976, when the UK saw 16 consecutive days above 30C, but that record is unlikely to be broken.

The hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK was A staggering 40.3C was recorded in Coningsby, Lincolnshire during an unprecedented heatwave in 2022.